Handbook of Turbomachinery (Mechanical Engineering, No. 158) (Mechanical Engineering (Marcell Dekker))

Serves as a useful guide for practicing engineers looking to access timely information on the analysis, design, operation, and testing of turbomachinery. Features six new chapters and a majority of newly updated material and discusses advances in fluid mechanics of turbomachinery, and cooling challenges for constantly increasing gas temperatures.

building On The Success Of Its Predecessor, Handbook Of Turbomachinery, Second Edition Presents New Material On Advances In Fluid Mechanics Of Turbomachinery, High-speed, Rotating, And Transient Experiments, Cooling Challenges For Constantly Increasing Gas Temperatures, Advanced Experimental Heat Transfer And Cooling Effectiveness Techniques, And Propagation Of Wake And Pressure Disturbances. Completely Revised And Updated, It Offers Updated Chapters On Compressor Design, Rotor Dynamics, And Hydraulic Turbines And Features Six New Chapters On Topics Such As Aerodynamic Instability, Flutter Prediction, Blade Modeling In Steam Turbines, Multidisciplinary Design Optimization.

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provides Information For Engineers On The Analysis, Design, Operation, And Testing Of Turbomachinery, Detailing The Performances Of Gas, Hydraulic, And Steam Turbines. Balancing Theoretical And Practical Aspects, Discusses Such Topics As The Application Of Fluid Dynamics To Hydromachines, Models Used In The Design And Analysis Off Tesla Machines, Methods Of Testing Components, And Applications In Automobile Engines And Rocket Propulsion Systems. Annotation C. Book News, Inc., Portland, Or (booknews.com)

Turbomachines are devices that feature the continuous flow of a fluid through one or more rotating blade rows.